Uncle Fester - Phrasal Verb Gap-Fill

The following is a killer gap-fill quiz testing your knowledge of some of the most common phrasal verbs. This exercise was created to help an upper-intermediate class get ready for our final examination. See how well you do!

The following phrasal verbs (with meanings in parantheses) are used, some are used more than once:

come into (inherit), get on with (have a good relationship with), pass on (die), cut down (reduce), give up (stop), be up to (to be doing), drop in on (visit), look after (take care of), put through (pass on the telephone), hold on (to wait on the telephon), get over (recover from),set off (to leave), come up with (to have an idea), make out (to see in the distance, to pretend), look for (to search for), tell off (to critisize), take on (to employ), turn up (to arrive), take up (to begin a new activity)

Uncle Fester

Last year, Jack Peterson Answer found out that he Answer had come into a small fortune after His uncle Fester Answer had passed on . His uncle had been a heavy smoker for many years and hadn't been able to Answer cut down on his smoking. Jack Answer got on well with his uncle Fester, and often Answer dropped in on him to see what Answer he was up to . One summer, uncle Fester promised Answer to cut down on his cigarette smoking after having taken 3 months Answer to get over an extremely bad cough. Jack Answer had looked after him those 3 months and, a number of times, he Answer had told off uncle Fester. Then he Answer came up with a brilliant idea to make uncle Fester Answer give up his nasty habit. He had the local cancer society telephone uncle Fester. When they called, he told them to Answer hold on and then Answer put uncle Fester through . They proceeded to Answer make out that they Answer were looking for a volunteer to Answer take on to help Answer look after the patients. Well, that frightened uncle Fester and he immediately swore to Answer give up smoking. In fact, uncle Fester Answer took up jogging in order to help him feel better. He even began to Answer look down on other smokers (although he couldn't quite give smoking up himself). One day, as he Answer set off on his morning run, he Answer made out a stand in the distance. A new society Answer had turned up that day Answer looking for people willing to Answer bring up young puppies. Uncle Fester immediately Answer went for a cute Dalmatian, and Answer ended up Answer taking on this new responsibility. Now, three years later Jack Answer had come into the "small fortune" which reminded him every day of his wonderful, if not wise, uncle Fester.

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